Flying toy



(No Model.)

E. G. KNOEPFEL & L. L LIGHTFIELD. FLYING T011 UNITED STATES PATET' new? Aid-r FLYING TOY.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 421,290, dated February 1 1. 1896.

Application filed September 13, 1889. Serial No. 323,829. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.- 7 I Be it known that we, ERNEST G. KNQEPFEL and LOUIS L. LIcH'rFIELmof Argentine, Wyandotte county, Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flying Toys, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

Our invent-ion relates to improvements in fiyingtoys; and it consists in a certain novel construction and combination of'parts, fully described hereinafter, in connection with the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a toy embodying our. improvements.- Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the flier. Fig. 3isa ver- -tiealsectional view of the handle which is employed to discharge the flier. Fig. '4 is a detail sectional view of one of the whistles, one of which is carried by each wing of the flier; and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of the central whistle of the flier, to show the depending lugs whereby the flier is rotated.

The flier A, which consists of the opposite rounded wings'B B, is provided at its center with a flat portion B to connect the wings, saidflat portion carrying depending lugs or .stu-ds a a, and the handle G carries at its upper end a revoluble spool F, having an upper flange E, provided with sockets ct a to recelve the said lugs or studs when the flat connecting portion of the flier rests on the spool in position to be discharged. The revoluble spool is mounted on a vertical bolt 11, which is provided with a lower threaded end to screwin the upper end'of the handle, and is also provided near its upper end with a collar f, which' bears on the upper end of the spool to hold it in place. The upper end of the bolt projects above the collar f to form a spindle b', which fits in a central perforation H in the flat portion of the flier, and also passes through a corresponding perforation in the center of tlic centralwhistlc'l), said whistle beinmso mvanqml that its perforation d registers accurately with the perforation in the center of the fiat portion B. The lower flange g of the spool rests on the fiat upper end of the handle, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

In addition to the central whistle D, each wing of the flier is provided with a whistle C 0, having perforations c c, said whistles being double-sided or double convex, as-shown in Fig. at.

The operation of the toy will be readily understood. A cord having been coiled a suitable number of times around the spool, the flat portion of the flier is placed on the upper end of the spool, so that the depending lugs or studs fit in the sockets a a, and the vertical spindle fits in the central perforation, when, if the cord is pulled strongly, the flier .will be rotated and will be caused to ascend,

owing to the inclination of the wings B, 13,-" .said inclination being clearly illustrated in The motion of the flier causes the Fi l. wli istles which are carried thereby to be sounded, and as the perforation in the various whistles are purposely made of different sizes a peculiar fantastic sound will be produced.

Having thus described our invention, we claim-- The flying toy having the flat central portures in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST G. KNOEPFEL. LOUIS L. LICHTFIELU. 

